Abstract
Healthcare and hygiene products in the medical sector uphold a prime responsibility to prevent the passage of bacteria or other harmful organisms from non-sterile to sterile areas. This has been currently possible with increased awareness and concern about the healthcare/hospital textiles. Along with protection, various products are accommodated with several functional properties such as comfort, odour-free, and hygiene aspects. This manuscript presents an insight into the development of such textiles by application of the grapeseed oil (Vitis vinifera L.), a by-product of the winemaking industry. The fabric structures chosen for the study are relevant to the end uses of textile products in the medical applications such as 100% texturized polyester, 100% micro-polyester, polyester/viscose, and polyester/cotton woven fabrics. All polyester fabric samples have been pre-treated with an optimized concentration of trichloroacetic acid-methylene chloride (TCA-MC) solvent and further treated with four different grapeseed oil concentrations (5, 10, 15, and 20%). The antibacterial and comfort properties of the treated fabric samples have been evaluated and analysed. The treated fabric samples show the substantial antibacterial activity of 49 and 40%, respectively, against S. aureus and E. coli bacteria after 50 home laundry washing cycles.
Highlights
The health care textile sector is an emerging sector for developing countries where people are aware of the risks of blood borne diseases
Many approaches have been made to explore the various possibilities of such herbal agents for manufacturing highly functional textiles, such as antimicrobials, deodorants/ aromatics, insect repellents, fire retardants, UV protection are some of the revolutionary properties that have been added to fabrics in the recent years [10,11,12,13,14]
Four different polyester textile substrates 100% texturized polyester, 100% micro-polyester, polyester/cotton and polyester/ viscose blends fabric samples treated with grapeseed oil have been analyzed for their physiological comfort and antimicrobial properties
Summary
The health care textile sector is an emerging sector for developing countries where people are aware of the risks of blood borne diseases. Four different polyester textile substrates 100% texturized polyester, 100% micro-polyester, polyester/cotton and polyester/ viscose blends fabric samples treated with grapeseed oil have been analyzed for their physiological comfort and antimicrobial properties. As the concentration of the grapeseed oil rises from 5% to 20% the CFU/ml (×10-8) decrease from 25 to 11 for texturized polyester fabric and increase the antibacterial activity of the treated samples.
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